White Bamboo Album Lyrics
New York Night
lyrics by Clare Means,music by Clare Means and Michael Starr
It was our last night at the Chelsea Hotel,
curtains pulled tight over thin glass doors.
Sirens wail down below but we're locked up
on the fourth floor.
All that's below is a spiral of paint,
all that is above us is a spiral of sky,
all that's between us is all that we're not
and we're giving it all to the New York night.
So close your eyes, and hold on tight
and wrap yourself around the New York night.
The fan creaks to the bodies below.
Light seeps from under the door.
The key is in the lock from the rush inside
to give it all to the New York night.
So close your eyes, and hold on tight
and wrap yourself around the New York night.
Sirens wail on 23rd,
drowning out our every word,
but there is nothing left to say.
It's better off this way.
So close your eyes, and hold on tight
and wrap yourself around the New York night.
Everybody's Room But Mine
by Clare Means
Never knew my momma
Never knew my pa
I have four brothers
Never met one
I've lived in everybody's room but mine
I've lived in everybody's room but mine
My momma left me
when I was born
She couldn't care for
a baby boy
Her body filled with poison
she put the needle in
Body filled with cocaine
and heroin
But don't listen to me
I tell too many lies
don't listen to me
'cause I've lived in everybody's room but mine
No one ever listens
I tell too many lies
no one ever looks
I can't look in their eyes
the truth I never hear
the truth I never speak
I trust no one
no one trusts me
But don't listen to me
I tell too many lies
Don't listen to me
'cause I've lived in everybody's room but mine
I have four brothers
never met one
I've had six mothers
never trusted none
Every night I rock myself to sleep
Every night I rock myself to sleep
But don't listen to me
I tell too many lies
Don't listen to me
'cause I've lived in everybody's room but mine
Snow Angels
by Clare Means
Dance with me through fields of snow
follow me far away we'll go
we'll make angels in the snow
Skate with me across icy lakes
carving figures with our skates
we'll make angels in the snow
Skating under colored lights
Touching through our frostbite
we'll make angels in the snow
They can have their sun, their heat
when you're with me there is no need
we'll make angels in the snow
Skating under colored lights
Touching through our frostbite
we'll make angels in the snow
Tell me this will never end
skating round, holding your hand
we'll make angels in the snow
Skating under colored lights
Kissing through our frostbite
we'll make angels in the snow
Sipping from your hot cocoa
Lying in our fields of snow
making angels in the snow
making angels in the snow
Haunt You
by Clare Means
You say you don't know me
who's fault is that?
Been around for 25 years
you ever thought about that?
Don't regret a single thing
about my childhood
with you it never would have been
half as good
But you never sent me a birthday card or Christmas greetings too
you act as though I don't exist
but you know I do...you know I do, you know I do.
I'm going to haunt you cause you know I do
I'm going to haunt you, you know it's true
I'm going to haunt you 'cause you know I do
I'm going to haunt you...
Of the 10 other children none you treated well
you made their childhoodliving hell
guess I'm the lucky one missed out on you
guess I am relieved
that that much is true
But you never sent me a birthday card or Christmas greetings too
you act as though I don't exist
but you know I do.... You know I do, you know I do
I'm going to haunt you cause you know I do
I'm going to haunt you, you know it's true
I'm going to haunt you 'cause you know I do
I'm going to haunt you...
Now you're living with your mail-order bridein the Philippines
You're living every dirty old man's fantasy
but you never sent me a birthday card or Christmas greetings too
you act as though I don't exist
but you know I do.... You know I do, you know I do
I'm going to haunt you cause you know I do
I'm going to haunt you, you know it's true
I'm going to haunt you 'cause you know I do
I'm going to haunt you...
White Bamboo
by Clare Means
Quality Inn room 233
wondering why you left me
light on the wall like white bamboo
feels like China where I am with you
China love so foreign and fragile
cut the skin and watch it spill
over your white bamboo
Pickup pulls into it's spot
empty cars in a crowded lot
lights through my window, shadows move
lost in this forest of white bamboo
China love so foreign and fragile
cut the skin and watch it spill
over your white bamboo
Jet-lag dreams rock me awake
your sharp words I cannot shake
the humid night still and blue
writing by the light of the white bamboo
China love so foreign and fragile
cut the skin and watch it spill
over your white bamboo
The whir of traffic softly plays
lonely cars on a dark highway
and I can't see a thing that I write
cradled in this bamboo night
China love so foreign and fragile
cut the skin and watch it spill
over your white bamboo
Notions of Love
by Clare Means
I'll probably never tell you this
I've lied with every kiss
I've lied with every touch
I never did feel that much
Don't believe my smile
Don't believe what you hear
Don't believe me whispering
softly in your ear
cause I'm...
Swimming in your ocean
but I'm going through the motions
I'm drowning in these notions of love
Don't listen to my heartbeat
It doesn't beat for you
Don't count my pulse
You'll find that I am untrue
cause I'm...
Swimming in your ocean
but I'm going through the motions
I'm drowning in these notions of love
Baby I'm just cold and mean
Maybe I'm just cold and mean
cause I'm...
Swimming in your ocean
but I'm going through the motions
I'm drowning in these notions of love
Don't listen to my footsteps
walking by your side
you'll find that they are far behind
from your careless stride
And don't feel my breath
exhale upon your cheek
it's all been a mean and nasty
dirty little trick
cause I'm...
Swimming in your ocean
but I'm going through the motions
I'm drowning in these notions of love
Angels of the Freeway
by Clare Means
In the city of angels I fly away
There's nothing angelic about it anyway
I'm one of many on this dirty freeway
And I just don't know which exit to take
My only friend is this red car
She's promised to take me real far
but her motor would hum without me
she don't care who sits in her seat
Taillights blur before me
A chopper whirs above me
Somewhere below some crime creeps
I sit alone in my bucket seat
In the city of angels I fly away
There's nothing angelic about it anyway
I'm one of many on this dirty freeway
And I just don't know which exit to take
In the city of pumped and swollen breasts
In the city of poised cigarettes
the sun will rise in the muddy sky
the dirty air clouds my eyes
In the city of angels I fly away
There's nothing angelic about it anyway
I'm one of many on this dirty freeway
And I just don't know which exit to take
Through the canyons the traffic turns
I'm one of many this city has spurned
Through the canyons the traffic turns
I'm one of many this city has spurned
In the city of angels I fly away
There's nothing angelic about it anyway
I'm one of many on this dirty freeway
And I just don't know which exit to take
In the city of angels I fly away
There's nothing angelic about it anyway
I'm one of many on this dirty freeway
And I just don't know which exit to take
Chloe
by Clare Means
Remember Chloe,
We built those spaceships
out of batteries and old radios?
We flew to the moon and
we flew to the moon and
we flew to the moon and back
and back
Stretching out on freshly mowed grass
we watched the clouds pass
orange slices and oreos
in the sun
in the sun
Remember Chloe,
We built those spaceships
out of batteries and old radios?
We flew to the moon and
we flew to the moon and
we flew to the moon and back
and back
Now I waste my days away
with empty men and their empty ways
running circles with tasteless food
Saturdays used to be so good
Remember Chloe,
We built those spaceships
out of batteries and old radios?
We flew to the moon and
we flew to the moon and
we flew to the moon and back
and back
Asbury Park
by Clare Means
Hey Mr. F. how does it feel
trapped behind those great big bars
clasping cold steel?
Asbury Park misses you
carousel and ferris wheel
Asbury Park misses you
carousel and ferris wheel
Remember when you took your first ride?
You never dreamed you end up inside
these walls
But you threw your hands around her neck
and squeezed oh so tight
watched her draw her last breath
but the little boy inside remembers...
Asbury Park misses you
carousel and ferris wheel
Asbury Park misses you
carousel and ferris wheel
No mother or father
to teach you right from wrong
and crying in that barren cell
you're still alone
Asbury Park misses you
carousel and ferris wheel
Asbury Park misses you
carousel and ferris wheel
And you see her face
when you close your eyes
and you hear that little boy
he lurks inside and says...
Asbury Park misses you
carousel and ferris wheel
Asbury Park misses you
carousel and ferris wheel
Guitars and Chocolates
by Clare Means
Guitars and chocolates and old country songs
and coffee in the morning
I find my reasons to go on
even though you're long gone
I brewed a cup up for you
It's getting cold by me
It's rich and strong but it's working wrong
cause it's not bringing you back to me
but I've got...
Guitars and chocolates and old country songs
and coffee in the morning
I find my reasons to go on
even though you're long gone
Yesterday I bought a brand new book
It went to bed with me
and I guess it'll have to do
since you closed the chapter on me
But I've got...
Guitars and chocolates and old country songs
and coffee in the morning
Oh but these are working wrong
cause they're not bringing you back to me
to me...
to me...
